Westjet approved for TSA Pre-Check
Jan 1, 2017, 7:07 am
#46
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Which other airlines? All the ones I've used to date (AA, UA, AC, AS) have all permitted the Trusted Traveler number to be inserted on one's main profile and thus is automatically assigned to all reservations and boarding passes without being inserted at OLCI.
Even six months after WS introduced adding the number at OLCI, it has not adopted a standard system used by other approved airlines. Will we be seeing this permanent profile insertion during 2017?
Even six months after WS introduced adding the number at OLCI, it has not adopted a standard system used by other approved airlines. Will we be seeing this permanent profile insertion during 2017?
Jan 1, 2017, 11:01 am
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Which other airlines? All the ones I've used to date (AA, UA, AC, AS) have all permitted the Trusted Traveler number to be inserted on one's main profile and thus is automatically assigned to all reservations and boarding passes without being inserted at OLCI.
Even six months after WS introduced adding the number at OLCI, it has not adopted a standard system used by other approved airlines. Will we be seeing this permanent profile insertion during 2017?
Even six months after WS introduced adding the number at OLCI, it has not adopted a standard system used by other approved airlines. Will we be seeing this permanent profile insertion during 2017?
Jan 1, 2017, 11:14 am
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The vast majority of airlines let you put in your profile so you don't need to re-enter it for every flight. That's a much better system, but apparently beyond WestJet's third-world IT capabilities.
Jan 26, 2018, 7:39 pm
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For the past while Mrs Sopwith and I have automatically received pre-check on WS flights. Not sure what resulted in this (Nexus?), but ^. Today I checked in as usual, Mrs Sopwith got it and I didn't.
Any idea?
Any idea?
Jan 28, 2018, 9:16 pm
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Now all I need to do is get Mrs. S off the SSSS hit list in YVR
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Jan 15, 2020, 1:20 pm
#51
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This appears to still be the case four and a half years later. A friend is making a US to Canada booking and there's a field for TSA Secure Flight info including Redress Number, but nothing about Known Traveller Number. Or are we missing something?
Jan 15, 2020, 6:11 pm
#52
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If you have a Westjet account - under account-settings/travel-documents you can add any or all of:
- Passport
- Nexus
- KTN
- Country of Residence
- Permanent Resident Card ID
- Redress Control #
TSA-Pre just popped-up automagically for me on a recent YVR-PSP round trip.
- Passport
- Nexus
- KTN
- Country of Residence
- Permanent Resident Card ID
- Redress Control #
TSA-Pre just popped-up automagically for me on a recent YVR-PSP round trip.
Jan 16, 2020, 4:41 pm
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Jan 17, 2020, 7:40 pm
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